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Had my baby! (short birth story)

Squishycheeks*Squishycheeks*
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Thursday night at 7, about 2 minutes after DH walked in the door from work, my contractions started. They started out hard and only about 1.5 mins apart, so we had my dad pick up Audra and headed to the hospital. Initially we wanted to labor at home for a few hours, but at my doc appointment on Tues. I was already at 4cm so we didn't wait too long.

We arrived at the hospital  at 9 and they checked me in at 5.5-6 cm. They had a jetted tub available (a very nice surprise!), at the water and jets helped a ton! My nurse was great and when we told her that we wanted to go natural she was very supportive.

After about an hour or so in the tub I was having some serious doubts about going med free! I barely made it out of the tub and to the bed before I felt like I needed to push, and when the nurse checked me she ran out the door for the doc! I think I pushed a total of 5 contractions before we had our beautiful baby!

My total time in labor was 4 hours, a nice change from 18 hours the first time! Pushing without meds was a very different experience, and I'm really glad it worked out that way!

Aleah Joyce is 6lbs, 4oz and 19.5 inches long.

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